Auxiliary file arch



Patented Apr. 2Q, i524..

UNET STATS r te.

PAUL H. L. KLETTE, 01E* WNS, CALIIFIA.

.auranr man enen' .Application led August EQ, 1923. Serial No. 656,

This invention relates to improvements in oce appliances, and especially to paper hling devices.

'.lhere is in common use throughout the odices of this country a type of pa er tiling device, on which papers to be ept are mounted one by one until a stack of a cer- 2@ tain thickness, or to the capacity ofthe tile, is formed, the tile comprising a flat base or board, from which vertical posts project upwardly. rlhe papers to be filed are either provided with suitably spaced orifices to aline with the posts, or they are pressed down over the posts so that the latter make their own holes by piercing the papers. ln either case the various papers are of course held against displacement and undesired removal from the file.

When it is desired to remove a part of or the entire stack of papers however, and the stack is lifted bodily from the prongs, there is nothing to prevent misalinement of the various punches or holes, in which case to readj ust them so that string or other binders may be inserted through said holes, or to enable the papers to be again mounted .on the ile if desired, necessitates a considerable 60 expenditure of time and labor. v

The principal object of my invention therefore is to provide an auxiliary ling device, to be used in connection with a main le of the above described type, by means of which any portion or the whole of a stack of papers may be removed from the main file,- and replaced thereon, Without the possibility of any of the prong-holes in the papers becoming misalined.

The auxiliary ile device may be permanently .left in the removed stack of papers if desired, so as to serve as a binder therefor, or if the papers are again replaced on the main file, the auxiliary ile will be removed from the stack and placed to one side until its use is again desired.

A further object of the invention is to produce a simple and inexpensive device and yet one which will be exceedingly effective for the purposes for `which it is designed.

rFliese objects l accomplish by means of such structure and relative arrangement of parts as willfully appear by a perusal of the following specification and claims.

En the drawings similar characters of rererence indicate corresponding parts in the several views.

Fig. l is a perspective outline o' a certain type of tile with a stack ot papers thereon, showing my auxiliary le device in position to be applied. irig.v 2 isa side outline ot the ille and papers, showing the auxiliary file applied to the main tile and in position ior the removal of the stack.

Fig. 3 is a .perspective outline of a stack of papers mounted on the auxiliary file and removed from the main file.

Referring now more particularly to the rlhese parts are standard construction and form of course no part of my invention.

My auxiliary file arch comprises a pair of duplicate wire members 4, each independent of the other.

Each member is formed of a single spring Wire and comprises a vertical portion 5 of a size such that it may freely enter a post 2 from the upper end.

The length .of the portion 5 is preferably somewhat greater than that of the posts, and is connected at its upper end by a preferably curved arch or inverted U portion 6 to another downwardly extending portion 7, normally diverging somewhat from the portion 5 from its upper to its lower end.

From the lower end of the portion 7 a horizontal portion 8 projects toward the portion 5 and terminates in a horizontal hook 9, whose opening faces the member 7 and which normally terminates at a sufficient distance from the member 5. so that said hook will not interfere with' the top edges of a stack of papers 10 mounted on the posts l 4 may be coupled together, so as to prevent them from becoming separated whennot in use, by a flexible link of suitable nature as indicated at 11 in Fig. I, this link to have a length when outstretched suiicient to enable the auxiliary file members to be conveniently used regardless of the spacing of the posts 2 of any file.

In operation, the arches 3 of the main file are thrown back as shown in Fig. 1, and the wires 4dropped into the hollow posts 2, the members 4 as a whole being maintained at right angles to the top edges of the stack 10. The latter is then raised from the base l so that the lowest sheet of the stack (if the `entire stack is to be removed) is somewhat above the hooks 9. The latter are then caused to engage the posts by pressingthe members 7 toward the members 5 with the fin rs, as indicated in Fig. 2.

e stack is then removed from the file by hooking the lingers under the arches 6 and pulling the auxiliary files upwardly simultaneously.

The horizontal members 9, as well as the hooks form the support for the stack of papers and cause the same to be raised when the arches 6 are pulled upwardly. Asl soon as the hooks are raised to a point above the upper ends of the posts they then automatically engage the wires 5 which as previously stated, p-roject below the hooks.

The stack of papers is thus removed from the file and the papers positively maintained in their original positions, without the possibility of their etting out of order, sincethey are as secure y bound and held together as they were on the original file.

The papers may be replaced on the original lile by a reversal of the movements just described, or the auxiliary ile members may be taken out of the papers by pressing the hooks so as to clear the wires 5, and then withdrawing the latter from the papers.

If it "is desired to remove only a portion of the stack-from the main file, the papers are separated by hand at the desired point just suiicient to enable the hooks, which would be manually alined with the zone of separation, to be inserted therein and pressed into engagement with the posts as previously described.

From the foregoing description it will be readily seen that I have produced such a device as substantially fulfills the objects of the invention as set forth herein.

While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practice such4 deviations from' such detail may 'be resorted to as d0 not form a departure from the spirit of the invention, as defined by the appended claims. l

Having thus described my invention what I claim as new and usefuland desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An auxiliary rile arch device for use with tiles having spaced and hollow `vertical posts on which papers to be filed are mounted, comprising wires adapted to extend down into the hollow posts, and means connected with said wires adapted to surround the posts under the papers and form a support for the latter whereby on raising said wires the papers will be raised, and then engage thev lower ends of said wires after the latter are raised clear of the posts whereby the papers will then be maintained mounted on said wires.

2. An auxiliary file arch device for use with files havin Y spaced and hollow vertical posts on whic papers to be led are mounted, comprising inverted U-shaped wire members, one arm of each of which is adapted to be inserted in a post, the other arms.` extending down beyond the papers thereon, a horizontal extension on the lower end of each of said outside arms projecting toward the other arm and adapted to be inserted-under the papers, and hooks formed at the outer ends of the extensions normally spaced from but adapted to be pressed into detachable engagement with the posts, the arms inside the posts extending below the plane of the hooks whereby when said arms and hooks are raised clear of the posts the latter will then automatically engage the arms.

3. An auxiliary file arch device for use with tiles having spaced and hollow vertical posts on which papers to 'be led are mounted, comprising inverted U-shaped wire members, one arm of each of which is adapted to be inserted in a post, the other arms extending down beyond the papers thereon, a horizontal extension on the lower end of each of said outside arms projectingrv toward the other arm and adapted to be inserted under the papers, and hooks formed at the outer ends of the extensions normally spaced from -but adapted to be pressed into detachable engagement with the postsftbe PAUL H. L. KLETTE. 

